The main aim of this study is to describe and compare the process of medical examination in selected divisions of the Foxconn company on the basis of my personal working experience. The goal is to obtain comprehensive knowledge of strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the medical examination procedure and to present a suitable optimisation of the process. The theoretical part of the study elaborates on the expert knowledge focusing on personnel management development, particular personnel processes, benefits for employees with the emphasis on medical examinations and international employment. The practical part is divided into two parts. The first part describes the company Foxconn and its selected divisions. The second part contains the medical examination outcomes, a research consisting of the medical check-up monitoring and SWOT analysis of the individual processes, a proposal for process optimisation including software installation, costs, staffing and training courses. A description of research methodology is also included. In order to achieve the aim of this study qualitative methods of collecting data were used. Monitoring the whole process of medical examinations was carried out by methods of observation and half-structured dialogues with human resources officers.

Prostitution som företeelse engagerar och väcker känslor, både bland individer och offentliga aktörer. I detta arbete belyser vi utvecklingen av samhällets syn på prostitutionen genom att analysera den period då den i Sverige var offentligt reglementerad och kontrollerad, 1859 – 1918. Denna tidsperiod rymmer avgörande skiftningar i offentligsamhällets syn på prostitution, en företeelse som tidigare under historien setts som en allvarlig försyndelse i sig. Reglementeringen infördes som ett smittskyddsprojekt där målet var att hejda spridningen av framför allt syfilis. Reglementeringen kom dock även att präglas av moraliska aspekter innan det, efter förnyade utredningar, konstaterades att den spelat ut sin roll för att hejda den veneriska smittspridningen. Prostitutionen kom då att regleras i andra lagrum. Studiens syfte är att, genom en kvalitativ litteraturstudie, kartlägga vilka lagar, regler och påföljder som omgärdat hanteringen av prostitutionen under den studerade perioden, hur statens och hälso-och sjukvårdens syn på prostitution sett ut och inverkat på lagstiftningen samt hur reglementeringssystemet kan förstås utifrån teorierna om stigma och det ideala offret. Arbetets huvudsakliga slutsatser är att det, i litteraturen, går att återfinna tydliga förändringar i offentligsamhällets attityder mot prostitution under den studerade perioden. I periodens början sågs prostitutionen huvudsakligen som ett sanitärt problem, men kom sedermera alltmer att betraktas som ett socialt. Vidare har vi kunnat påvisa att reglementeringssystemet väl låter sig förstås utifrån Erving Goffmans teori om stigma, men att den prostituerade kvinnans status som offer enligt Nils Christies teori om det ideala offret är mer komplex och mångfacetterad. / Prostitution as a phenomenon engages and evokes feelings, both among individuals and public actors. In this work, we illustrate the development of public society's view of prostitution by analysing the period when it was publicly regulated and controlled in Sweden, 1859 – 1918. This period contains crucial shifts in society's view of prostitution, a phenomenon previously in history seen as a serious offence in and of itself. The regulations were introduced as an infection prevention project with the goal to stop the spread primarily of syphilis. However, the regulations also came to be characterised by moral aspects before, after renewed investigations, it was stated that it had played its role in halting the spread of venereal disease and prostitution came to be regulated by other legislation. The purpose of the study is to identify, through a qualitative literature study, what laws, rules and penalties that surrounded the handling of prostitution during the studied period, what the state’s and health care system’s views on prostitution were and how they influenced the legislation and how the regulatory system can be understood based on the theories of stigma and the ideal victim. The essay’s main conclusions are that, in literature, it is possible to identify clear changes in the public society's attitudes towards prostitution during the period studied. At the beginning of the period, prostitution was mainly seen as a sanitary problem, but eventually it became viewed as a more social one. Furthermore, we have been able to demonstrate that the system of regulation can be understood on the basis of Erving Goffman's theory of stigma, but that the status of the female prostitute as victim according to Nils Christie's theory of the ideal victim is more complex and multifaceted.

Modern life, which is characterised by automation and mechanisation, causes laziness and inactivity in people all over the world. It in essence deprives one of movement, which negatively affects man and his body. Chronic illnesses caused by an inactive lifestyle lead to unnecessary deaths, which again impacts negatively on the community as a whole. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has far from escaped this worldwide phenomenon. It is, in fact, experiencing an abnormally high death rate, which can be linked directly to police officers’ lifestyle. This study has proven that the average police officer is in extremely poor physical condition, and that this is in all probability the cause of the unusually high natural death rate as well as the high incidence of suicide among SAPS members. The primary objective of this study is the justification of a physical maintenance programme for law enforcement officers. For this programme to be successful, it has to: (i) be relatively inexpensive and provide easily accessible facilities; (ii) be in line with critical physical job requirements; (iii) contribute directly to the maintenance of job-oriented fitness; (iv) include a section that is solely tasked with the physical maintenance of the officers; and (v) form part of the SAPS’s policy on sport. The results of this study show the dire necessity of the immediate implementation by SAPS management of the suggested physical maintenance programme. / Thesis (DPhil (Human Movement Science))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences / unrestricted

Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-04T12:36:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009 / Neste estudo, foi analisado o risco cardiovascular de trabalhadores administrativos de uma grande empresa do Rio de Janeiro. Para tanto, a Síndrome Metabólica foi considerada como marcador, por encerrar um conjunto de alterações associadas a um elevado risco de doença cardiovascular e/ou diabetes, tais como obesidade abdominal, resistência insulínica, dislipidemia e hipertensão arterial. Os critérios para Síndrome Metabólica da Organização Mundial de Saúde, do Programa Nacional de Educação para o Colesterol-Terceiro Painel para Tratamento do Adulto e da Federação Internacional de Diabetes foram utilizados para diagnóstico, assim como o algoritmo de Framingham foi calculado. Dados do exame médico periódico foram reunidos, no período compreendido entre janeiro de 2003 até dezembro de 2007. Dos 2.052 exames realizados em 2003, 1.260 foram considerados para análise por estarem completos. Um grupo de 123 trabalhadores foi diagnosticado pelo critério da Federação Internacional de Diabetes e acompanhado durante cinco anos. Estabeleceu-se a relação entre a síndrome e as diversas ocupações, bem como com o absenteísmo. A prevalênciade 9,7 por cento foi abaixo da encontrada na literatura. Não foram observadas diferenças entre os grupos ocupacionais e, quanto ao absenteísmo, as faltas por problemas do aparelho circulatório foram a segunda causa mais importante. Verificou-se a baixa participação dos trabalhadores nos programas de saúde oferecidos. Os trabalhadores que realizaram exame médico periódico em 2007 foram diagnosticados pelos três critérios. A prevalência observada de 3,8 por cento com base no critério da Organização Mundial de Saúde; 16,6 por cento no Programa Nacional de Educação para o Colesterol-Terceiro Painel para Tratamento do Adulto e 16,3 por cento na Federação Internacional de Diabetes, novamente, foi abaixo da encontrada na literatura. O algoritmo de Framingham foi calculado e ao considerar a Síndrome Metabólica como fator agravante, quintuplicou-se a parcela de trabalhadores em alto risco para doenças cardiovasculares. Esse grupo necessita abordagem especial para tratamento médico e modificação do estilo de vida, a fim de reduzir o risco de incapacidade ou morte prematura. / In this dissertation the cardiovascular risk among office workers from a large company in Rio de Janeiro was studied. So, the Metabolic Syndrome was considered as a marker because it is associated with a clustering of components that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes, like abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia and elevated blood pressure. Among the several Metabolic Syndrome criteria the following three were used: World Health Organization, National Cholesterol Education Program - Third Adult Treatment Panel, and International Diabetes Federation. Also the Framingham Risk Score was calculated for this population and combined to the Metabolic Syndrome in order to improve the overall cardiovascular risk marker. Data were collected from the periodic medical examination between January 2003 and December 2007. From 2.052 exams realized in 2003, 1.260 were considered. A group of 123 workers was diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome using the International Diabetes Federation criteria and followed during five years. The prevalence found of 9,7% was lower than the one reported in the literature. The Metabolic Syndrome prevalence was uniformly distributed between the different occupational groups in the company. Circulatory disorders were the second cause for lost workdays. Poor participation in the health programs available was observed. The workers who were submitted to the periodic medical examination in 2007 were diagnosed using the three criteria. The prevalence found were the following: World Health Organization - 3,8%; National Cholesterol Education Program- Third Adult Treatment Panel - 16,6%; and International Diabetes Federation - 16,3%. All the three were lower than the one reported in the literature. When the Metabolic Syndrome was added to the Framingham Risk Score as a grievance factor, a 5-fold increase in workers with high risk of cardiovascular disease was observed. This group is in need of a special approach for medical treatment and lifestyle change, in order to reduce disability and premature death.